# Accident 19790928037829A: Curtis C46/, San Andros, FL, September 28, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 1979, 10:20 local time
- Place: San Andros, FL
- Airport: San Andros
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N10624, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10624-1981-04-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Curtiss Wright C-46A (registry code 2622602, https://openairdocs.org/model/curtiss-wright-c-46a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CURTIS C46/
- Reported engine: PWA R280051
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,853 total, 800 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790928037829A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FEATHERED RIGHT ENGINE DUE TO VIBRATION. LEFT ENGINE QUIT. UNABLE TO UNFEATHER RT ENG. DITCHED. PROP VALVE DEFECT.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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